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Stadium at San Benito High School. Photo by Julia Hicks.

SBHS football returns to practice, then packs it back in

Published 08/04/2020
BenitoLink Reporter, Julia Hicks

Sports programs stop all activities and receive revamped sport schedules following county’s inclusion on state COVID-19 monitoring list.

The San Benito High School gifted basketball team with the Everett Alvarez Eagles after an April 11 game. SBHS won 24-20. Photo by Carmel de Bertaut.

Gifted basketball nets a win for SBHS

Published 04/15/2019
Carmel de Bertaut

Balers beat Everett Alvarez Eagles 24-20.

Hollister Little League opens registration for Spring 2019 Season

Published 10/24/2018
BenitoLink Staff

League is open to boys and girls ages 5 to 12.

San Benito High Balers get ready to play during the first quarter of their game in Salinas against Los Gatos High School on Sept. 7. Photo by Malia Chang.

Balers take on the competition

Published 10/19/2018
BenitoLink Staff

San Benito High School football has two more games this season.

Members of the Girls' Field Hockey team cut the grand opening ribbon as school board members and the crowd looked on. Photo by Ed Wong.

SBHS ribbon-cutting for new multi-use athletic field draws a crowd

Published 09/11/2018
Becky Bonner

A diverse group attends ceremony highlighting the benefits for students.

Eric Kraul, 16, lives with the medical repercussions of his sports related head injury.

A football injury changes a boy’s life, perhaps forever—but what’s being done about it?

Published 01/01/2018
BenitoLink Staff

Sidelined at 16 by a serious concussion on the eve of his senior season, former Haybaler tight end Eric Kraul struggles with medical issues that could last a lifetime—and now questions whether the system should have done more to protect him...

Schools & Education

Local high school league to become largest in state

Published 10/21/2017
Adam Breen

The Monterey Bay League will merge with other leagues to form Pacific Coast Athletic League, featuring 33 schools

Lilla Bell and Jake Bourdet, both age 14, have been roping together for three years.

Children and Youth

Local Teens Compete Wednesday in National Rodeo Finals

Published 06/22/2016
DillonRawlings

14-year-olds Lilla Bell and Jake Bourdet will compete together in team roping

Roping and other ranch-type activities are held during extreme cowboy race.

Sports & Recreation

Cowboy race goes to the extreme

Published 04/26/2016
John Chadwell

Worldwide Extreme Cowboy Race comes to Panoche Valley

Art & Culture

Car show benefits high school athletics

Published 03/28/2016
Leslie David

Objects of beauty were openly on display in Hollister Saturday, March 26. It only happens once a year but the artistry and imagination at work was admirable at the fourth annual Hot Rod show held at San Benito High School's football parking lot. The Impala Club of Hollister and the Hollister Collision Center organized the event, where